Speaker populations have been taken from Ethnologue, and may be out of date.
| Language |
India |
Nepal |
|---|
| Angika |
725,000 |
15,900 |
| Awadhi |
37,700,000 |
561,000 |
| Bagheli |
7,760,000 |
136,953 |
| Bengali |
20,600,000 |
23,600 |
| Bhojpuri |
36,500,000 |
1,710,000 |
| Bodo |
3,300 |
1,540,000 |
| Byangsi |
2,830 |
1,730 |
| Chaudangsi |
1,830 |
1,200 |
| Darmiya |
1,750 |
1,200 |
| Dhanwar |
104,500 |
31,800 |
| Dhimal |
450 |
17,300 |
| Dzongka |
11,000 |
300 |
| Gurung, Western |
33,000 |
125,000 |
| Hindi |
180,000,000 |
106,000 |
| Khaling |
294,000 |
18,000 |
| Kulung |
few |
18,700 |
| Kurux |
2,050,000 |
28,600 |
| Lapcha |
48,000 |
2,830 |
| Lhomi |
1,320 |
5,660 |
| Limbu |
24,000 |
334,000 |
| Magar, Eastern |
71,700 |
462,000 |
| Maithili |
31,900,000 |
2,800,00 |
| Majhi |
20,400 |
21,800 |
| Marwari |
5,500,000 |
22,600 |
| Mugom |
500 |
6,500 |
| Mudari |
1,550,000 |
7,780 |
| Nepali |
2,500,00 |
11,100,000 |
| Newari |
14,000 |
825,000 |
| Raute |
? |
289 |
| Rawat |
670 |
23,000 |
| Santali |
5,960,000 |
40,300 |
| Sherpa |
30,700 |
50,000 |
| Tamang, Eastern |
14,000 |
759,000 |
| Thangmi |
500 |
24,200 |
| Tharu, Chitwania |
? |
228,000 |
| Tharu, Dangauru |
174,000 |
500,000 |
| Tharu, Kathoriya |
? |
106,000 |
| Tharu, Kochila |
? |
258,000 |
| Tharu, Rana |
150,000 |
336,000 |
| Thulung |
3,310 |
30,000 |
| Tibetan |
189,000 |
5,280 |
| Yakha |
810 |
14,600 |
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